Expansion of higher education, employment and wages. Evidence from the Russian Transition.

Autor/in	Kyui, Natalia
Titel	Expansion of higher education, employment and wages. Evidence from the Russian Transition. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Expansion der höheren Bildung, Beschäftigung und Löhne. Daten aus der russischen Transformation.
Quelle	In: Labour economics, (2016) 39, S. 68-87 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0927-5371
DOI	10.1016/j.labeco.2016.01.001
Schlagwörter	Bildungsbeteiligung; Bildungsexpansion; Bildungsreform; Einkommensverteilung; Osteuropa; Russland; Bildungsreform; Bildungsexpansion; Einkommensentwicklung; Hochschulbildung; Bildungsbeteiligung; Transformation; Bildungsertrag; Bildungsertrag; Transformation; Beschäftigungseffekt; Einkommenseffekt; Einkommensentwicklung; Einkommensverteilung; Hochschulbildung; Osteuropa; Russland
Abstract	"This paper analyzes the effects of an educational system expansion on labor market outcomes, drawing upon a 15-year natural experiment in the Russian Federation. Regional increases in student intake capacities in Russian universities, a result of educational reforms, provide a plausibly exogenous variation in access to higher education. Additionally, the gradual nature of this expansion allows for estimation of heterogeneous returns to education for individuals who successfully took advantage of increasing educational opportunities. Using simultaneous equation models and a non-parametric model with essential heterogeneity, the paper identifies strong positive returns to education in terms of employment and wages. Moreover, marginal returns to higher education are estimated to decline for lower levels of individual unobserved characteristics that positively influence higher education attainment. Finally, the returns to higher education are found to decrease for those who, as a result of the reforms, increasingly pursued higher education." (Author's abstract, © 2016 Elsevier).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2016/4